🦫🌊 By building #dams and creating #wetlands, #beavers slow down #water and bury organic material in thick sediment.

This natural process prevents #carbon from entering the #atmosphere, turning beaver #ponds into long-term #carbon sinks that help regulate the local #environment.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/a-secret-weapon-to-fight-carbon-emissions-was-just-discovered-beavers

#nature #climate #climatechange #science #biology #ecology #wildlife #animals

Shingrix not only prevents shingles most of the time, but all of the most recent studies show it strongly reduces the chance of getting dementia, which is an excellent free gift from the scientists to the public. So go out & make sure you get vaxxed

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#stem #science #health #vaccine #cool

Researchers can now better understand how some late European dinosaurs reproduced after a unique discovery in Spain. 🥚

🔗 Read more: http://dlvr.it/TRB68T

#news #dinosaurs #science #research

How the echolocation of bats has shaped their skulls | Natural History Museum
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/february/how-the-echolocation-of-bats-has-shaped-their-skulls.html

#bats #wildlife #echolocation #science

New sabre-crested Spinosaurus species named from desert #dinosaur fossils https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/february/new-sabre-crested-spinosaurus-species-named-from-desert-dinosaur-fossils.html

Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5486

"#Spinosaurus mirabilis lived in what is now the #Sahara 95 million years ago back when it was a #wetland. It would have had no problem wading on its sturdy legs into two meters of water but probably spent most of its time stalking shallower traps for the many large #fish of the day"

We've just uploaded a recording of our palaeoentomology-themed talks! If you're interested in what insect fossils and amber can tell us about species distribution, geography, and plant stress give it a watch!

https://youtu.be/buYbvmKUaq8

#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #insects #alberta

This week's #NewBooks at the library: I bought second-hand copies of Animal Anomalies: What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development and The Correspondence of #CharlesDarwin, Volume 14: 1866, both from Cambridge University Press. I also adopted a damaged copy of the large-format English/German Elefantenreich: Eine Fossilwelt in Europa from Verlag Beier & Beran, which features some amazing fold-out plates. I hear it is basically out of print now.

#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Evolution #DevelopmentalBiology #EvoDevo #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Fossils #Mammoths #Paleontology #Palaeontology @bookstodon